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you can push a wheel hoe that far in a minute 

 and with five seconds for turning at the ends, you 

 could cultivate nearly sixty rows in an hour! By 

 doing a little each day you can cover the whole 



The scuffle-hoe or scarifier Is excellent 

 for working close to rows and under bushy 

 plants. It supplements the wheel-hoe 



garden twice a week and still leave time for trans- 

 planting, watering (which you can leave to the 

 sprinkler) and the other tasks. Just keep busy 

 while you are at it, and you will be surprised at the 

 results. 



The Main Corn Crop. Keep right on sowing seeds 

 this month. One of the main crops for May sowing 

 is sweet corn. No vegetable is more affected by 

 poor ground. You have noticed poor, scrawny- 

 looking ears not filled to the ends, and again others 

 that were all right in appearance, but lacking in 

 quality. The cause in each case is lack of proper 

 nourishment for the plant, and by that I mean 

 manure. Most folks use fertilizers instead, which 

 is all wrong for sweet corn. With field corn you 

 use the dried ear and you don't care whether it is 

 milky or not, but the case is reversed with sweet 

 corn. It must grow quickly and manure is necessary 

 especially during dry summers. Give the ground a 

 coating about 4 to 6 inches thick and plough or 

 dig it under, not necessarily deep, as corn is a rather 



